What Does This Mean?
An informal label for a cluster of wildfires breaking out in or near urban areas within a short period, usually during extreme heat. It is a news and research shorthand and not a forecasting term.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""The forecast warned of another firewave if the dry spell continues.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Recent term; no dated source found yet. Context from a page opened for this entry: a London Assembly research page published on 1 August 2024 records a sharp rise in outdoor fires across London in summer 2022, a summer with a UK record of 40.3C on 19 July, though that page does not use the word itself.
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